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A tireless and ageless volunteer, a community-minded business owner, and a long-standing Carbondale retailer were among honorees Friday at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Banquet at the SIU Student Center.

Pepsi MidAmerica gave Facebook followers the chance to win a 65-inch TV in correlation with Pepsi’s Super Bowl promotion, and Samantha Ray-Bean, of Johnston City, was the winner chosen from more than 1,500 entries.

Thouvenot, Wade and Moerchen Inc., an engineering and surveying firm, has hired Brandon Poiter, PE, SE, of Du Quoin.

SI Elder Law LLC will host a free seminar on how to protect assets from probate and long term care expenses at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Pavilion of the City of Marion.

Veron Auld, of Oakdale, was awarded the 2017 Volunteer of the Year for Southern Illinois District Friends of NRA.

JCPenney has partnered with the career service center Southern Illinois University Carbondale for a college Suit Up event designed to help students dress for success and jump start their careers.

Lisa M. Garver, of Ava, a Modern Woodmen of America Managing Partner, recently attended the Modern Woodmen Leadership Career Institute at Modern Woodmen’s home office in Rock Island.

This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduate of Zeigler-Royalton High School. The scholarship is sponsored and partially funded by Shelter agent Mark Horn.

Robert McDermott, the business manager for the Rochester School District Community School District Number 3A and chairman of the Prairie State Insurance Cooperative, recently announced an equity return to members of $709,360.

Law Bulletin Publishing Company and its Leading Lawyers division announced this week that Murphy C. Hart, an attorney with Hart Cantrell LLC in Benton has been named a Leading Lawyer.